Final Dissection Notecards Flashcards
What structures pass through the foramen magnum
Brainstem, vertebral arteries, cervical roots of the accessory nerves
Retropharyngeal space
Behind carotid sheath, medially meet posterior to the cervical viscera
Superior limit- basilar part of occipital bone
Superior thoracic aperture- inferiorly
Extends into the thorax
Anterior surface of the cervical vertebral column
Sympathetic trunk and the most cranial superior cervical ganglion (supplies head)
Superior to the superior cervical ganglion, the chain narrows again before entering the skull- internal carotid nerve
Prevertebral fascia and muscles
Lateral vertebral muscles
Longus colli and longus capitis- sympathetic trunk runs longitudinally on these
Anterior, middle and posterior scalene muscles
What connects the sympathetic ganglia with the ventral rami of cervical spinal nerves
Gray rami communicates
Vertebral artery route
Into the transverse foramen of vertebra C6 and observe where it emerges from the transverse foramen of atlas (C1)
The airway crosses the digestive tract in the
Tract
Pharynx
Extends from the base of the skull to the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage (C6 level)
The pharyngeal wall consists of 3 layers (from outside to inside)
Buccopharyngeal fascia- the adventitia of the pharynx that is continuous with the connective tissue that covers the buccinator muscle
Muscular layer- composed of an outer circular part and an inner longitudinal part
Mucous membrane
Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Anterior attachments are the oblique line of the thyroid cartilage and lateral surface of the cricoid cartilage. The posterior attachment of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle is the pharyngeal raphe
Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Anterior attachments of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle are the greater horn of the hyoid bone and the inferior portion of the stylohyoid ligament
The posterior attachment is the pharyngeal raphe
*the inferior part of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle lies deep to the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
What separates the inferior and the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
The superior laryngeal nerve- internal laryngeal branch
Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Anterior attachment is the pterygomandibular raphe and its posterior attachments are the pharyngeal raphe and pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone
*the inferior part of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle lies deep to the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Border between the middle and superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Stylopharyngeus muscle
What attaches the superior edge of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle to the base of the skull
The pharyngobasilar fascia- dense connective tissue
The stylopharyngeus muscle
Attached to the medial surface of the styloid process superiorly and to the inner aspect of the pharyngeal wall inferiorly. It enters the wall by passing between the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles.
Can be palpated 1/2 inch above the greater horn of the hyoid bone
What crosses the posterior and lateral surfaces of the stylopharyngeus muscle to enter the pharynx
Glossopharyngeal nerve- CN IX
The most inferior fibers of the inferior constrictor muscle are continuous with the circular fibers of
The esophagus
The pharyngeal plexus is located at the posterolateral aspect of the pharynx and receives branches from:
Glossopharyngeal nerve- sensory to the pharyngeal mucosa
Vagus nerve- motor to the pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion- vasomotor
Glossopharyngeal nerve tract out of jugular foramen
Passes between the internal and external carotid arteries as it approaches the stlyopharyngeus muscle
Vagus nerve tract out of the jugular foramen
Branches
Lies posterior to the internal carotid artery and internal jugular vein in the carotid sheath.
Superior laryngeal nerve arises from the vagus 2.5cm inferior to the base of the skull- internal and external branch to the larynx
The pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve arises near the base of the skull to the pharyngeal plexus
Accessory nerve tract out of jugular foramen
Passes between internal jugular vein and the internal carotid artery to reach the deep surface of the SCM
The hypoglossal nerve passes
Lateral to the internal and external carotid arteries
Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion and trunk lie
Posterior and medial to the carotid sheath
Cartilages that compose the laryngeal skeleton
Epiglottic, cricoid, thyroid, arytenoid
Corniculate and cuneiform
Posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
Proximal attachment is the lateral margin and the posterior lamina of the cricoid cartilage
Distal attachments are the muscular processes of the arytenoid cartilages
Abducts the vocal folds to open the rima glottidis
Arytenoid muscle
Attaches both arytenoid cartilages and has transverse and oblique fibers
Adducts the vocal folds to close the rima glottidis
The recurrent laryngeal passes
Posterior to the cricothyroid joint
At this point the nerve becomes the inferior laryngeal nerve
Cricothyroid muscle and vocalis muscle function
Tightens the vocal folds
Thyroarytenoid, transverse arytenoid and lateral cricoarytenoid muscle function
Adducts vocal fold to close the rima glottidis
What is the only extrinsic laryngeal muscle
Cricothyroid muscle
The larynx has 3 spaces/cavities
The vestibule, ventricle, and infraglottic cavity
The vestibule is the space superior to the vestibular folds
False vocal folds
True vocal folds
Space between the true vocal folds
Vestibular folds- lie superolateral to the vocal folds (true folds)
Rima glottidis
Conus elasticus
Lateral cricothyroid ligament
The thickened upper margin of the conus elasticus forms the vocal ligament
The aryepiglottic folds
Bound the upper border of the laryngeal inlet
Quadrangular membrane under its mucosa- the membrane extends from the lateral border of the epiglottis cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage and that it becomes thickened inferiorly to help form the vestibular folds
The cricothyroid joint
Synovial joint reinforced by short ligaments
The recurrent laryngeal enters the larynx by passing posterior to the cricothyroid joint, and at this point it becomes the inferior laryngeal nerve
Sensory innervation to the mucosa that lines the interior of the larynx below and including the vocal folds
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Mucosa above the vocal folds is supplied by
The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve
Find what nerve along the lateral border of the thyrohyoid membrane
Internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal nerve
What supplies the cricothyroid muscle
External branch of superior laryngeal nerve
Superior laryngeal artery origin
Superior thyroid artery
Enters the larynx by penetrating the thyrohyoid membrane alongside the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve